Harris Brown McDOWELL, Jr.

(1906-1988)

McDOWELL, Harris Brown,
Jr., a Representative from Delaware; born on a farm near
Middletown, New Castle County, Del., February 10, 1906; attended
the public schools of Middletown, Wilmington (Del.) High School,
and the Y.M.C.A. schools; graduated from Beacom Business College,
Wilmington, Del.; engaged in farming, also in the insurance and
real estate business; member of the State Board of Agriculture,
1937-1940; served in the State house of representatives, 1940-1942;
director of Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative and member of
Delaware Farm Bureau, 1941-1948; member of the State senate,
1942-1946; secretary of state for Delaware, 1949-1953; member of
New Castle County Zoning Commission in 1953 and 1954; delegate to
the Democratic National Conventions in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, and
1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress (January
3, 1955-January 3, 1957); was an unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; elected to the
Eighty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1959-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; Federal State coordinator for
Delaware, 1967-1968; retired; was a resident of Middletown, Del.,
until his death in November 1988.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present